Recommend me some well recorded country - Page 2

*sigh*   

well, GoldBug, it wouldn't hurt High_Q to listen to some and see if he likes it, right?

however, i would venture a guess that he may be thinking of contemporary country music, to be honest. 

very vocal-oriented country music, like lady antebellum, or martina mcbride, or faith hill, or keith urban.

or something like that.

i didn't recommend any of those, as they are all recorded with about the same care as popular music.  including brickwalling and auto-tuning.

not gonna say i told you so.

sure, there are some contemporary country artists who are well recorded, and who can really wail.

are you thinking male or female vocalists?

okay, here are some albums that i think are really good records, that also happen to meet the criteria of being new-ish country, female vocalists, and well recorded for good headphone listening.

rosanne cash - black cadillac

shelby lynn - i am shelby lynn

trisha yearwood - inside out

kathy mattea - coal

kasey chambers and shane nicholson - rattlin' bones

i would steer you away from the sort of carrie underwood influenced stuff ("nashville sound" and the like), as it has become plagued, as i mentioned, with auto-tuning and compression.

i'm not saying carrie isn't a good singer.  you're just not going to hear the fidelity in her records that you'd like, that's all.

for guys, i gotta give a nod to vince gill, whose 90's albums are supremely well recorded.

and he has just a lovely tenor.

"Birmingham, Birmingham - finest city in Alabam.  There ain't no place like Birmingham."

Randy Newman wasn't C&W either, but he caught the spirit.  I like the South.

- Ed
 

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Originally Posted by TheWuss 

everly brothers are fair game.

they're from that hard-to-categorize group of vocalists that also includes patsy cline and roy orbison.

played on country stations back in the day because it was palatable to southerners.  good stuff, too.

 

If you like female vocals and are looking for some female contemporary country artists, check out:

Mary Chapin Carpenter-Time*Sex*Love-a fabulous album and recording (in my top 25)

Allison Krauss-Forget About It-OK..covers of popular music done with a country/bluegrass flair but stunning sonics and a great voice to boot.

Sugarland-Enjoy the Ride

I also think early Linda Ronstadt was ahead of her time for contemporary country artists....check out Heart Like a Wheel or Simple Dreams..before Stevie Nicks has Waddy Wachtel on Guitar..Linda Ronstadt had him...."when will I be loved is a precursor to the edge of seventeen sound......

On a different note...if you want a great female vocalist and a great band, check out Amanda Marshall's self titled album...stellar....

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Originally Posted by bwarfel 

 

I also think early Linda Ronstadt was ahead of her time for contemporary country artists....check out Heart Like a Wheel

heart like a wheel.  YES!

i have a major crush on the young linda r.

this one:

not so much this one:

Hahhahaha!!

glad to hear you're liking a few of the recs.

Some more of my favorites and a little more on the country side, usually recorded really well.

Dwight Yoakam

Vince Gill